Ahead of the Official Selection of feature films for the 67th Festival de Cannes, which will be revealed tomorrow, Thursday April 17, the list of short films (including its Cinéfondation selections) has been unveiled in advance.
Congratulations are in order for Reinaldo Marcus Green (brother of Rashaad Ernesto Green, director of the critically-lauded 2011 drama Gun Hill Road), whose 14-minute short film, Stone Cars, was selected for the Cinéfondation section, which picks 15 to 20 short and medium-length films each year, presented by film schools from all over the world.
The coming-of-age love story set in the shacks of Khayelitsha township, in Western Cape, South Africa, follows April, a girl who is faced with a tough decision that she will ultimately have to live with for the rest of her life.
Reinaldo Marcus Green wrote and directed the film, which stars Olwethu Anita April, and Lungisani Dyalvani.
Reinaldo’s film is one of 16 Cinéfondation film, selected from a total of 3,450 short film entries, representing 128 countries. So this is a huge deal for Mr Green, given the caliber and prestige of the festival.
Ten films will compete in 2014 for the Short Film Palme d’or, to be awarded by Abbas Kiarostami, president of the Cinéfondation and Short Films jury, at the festival’s awards ceremony on May 24.
I’ll be researching the other films listed here for any that would be of interest to this blog, given its interests. There is one Egyptian selection: Omar El Zohairy’s The Aftermath of the Inauguration of the Public Toilet at Kilometer 375. With the title alone, the film has my attention. Look for a profile of that film, once I’m able to learn more about it.
Check out the full list of selected films below:
THE 2014 SHORT FILMS COMPETITION
This year, the Selection Committee received 3,450 short films, representing 128 production countries.
Nine films will compete in 2014 for the Short Film Palme d’or, to be awarded by Abbas Kiarostami, President of the Jury, at the Awards Ceremony of the 67th Festival de Cannes on Saturday, May 24th.
For the first time, an azeri and a georgian film will take part in the Short Films Competition.
SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION:
Ran HUANG | THE ADMINISTRATION OF GLORY | 15’ | China |
Dea KULUMBEGASHVILI | UKHILAVI SIVRTSEEBI (Invisible Spaces) |
10’ | Georgia |
Sato MASIKO, Ohara TAKAYOSHI, Seki YUTARO, Toyota MASAYUKI, Hirase KENTARO | HAPPO-EN | 13’ | Japan |
Simón MESA SOTO | LEIDI | 15′ | Colombia United-Kingdom |
Sergey PIKALOV | SONUNCU (The Last One) |
15’ | Azerbaijan |
Petra SZŐCS | A KIVEGZES (The Execution) |
14’ | Hungary Romania |
Clément TREHIN-LALANNE |
AÏSSA |
8’ | France |
Laura WANDEL | LES CORPS ÉTRANGERS | 15’ | Belgium |
Hallvar WITZØ |
JA VI ELSKER (Yes we Love) |
15’ | Norway |
THE 2014 CINÉFONDATION SELECTION
The Cinéfondation Selection selected 16 films (14 fiction films and 2 animation films) among the 1,631 submitted this year by cinema schools from all around the world.
This year sees a very significant broadening of scope of the Selection, with a 38% of the schools being selected for the first time and one country – Egypt – which has never previously been selected. Besides, more than half of the sixteen selected films (9) have been directed by women.
The three Cinéfondation Prizes will be awarded at a ceremony prior to the screening of the winning films on Thursday 22ndMay in the Buñuel Theatre.
THE CINEFONDATION SELECTION:
Max CHAN | OUR BLOOD | 25’ | Hampshire College USA |
Pierre CLENET Alejandro DIAZ Romain MAZEVET Stéphane PACCOLAT |
HOME SWEET HOME | 10’ | Supinfocom Arles France |
Omar EL ZOHAIRY | THE AFTERMATH OF THE INAUGURATION OF THE PUBLIC TOILET AT KILOMETER 375 | 18’ | High Cinema Institute, Academy of Arts Égypt |
Reinaldo Marcus GREEN | STONE CARS | 14’ | NYU Tisch School of the Arts USA |
HAN Fengyu | LAST TRIP HOME | 25’ | Ngee Ann Polytechnic Singapore |
Meryll HARDT | UNE VIE RADIEUSE (A Radiant Life) |
17’ | Le Fresnoy France |
Chie HAYAKAWA | NIAGARA | 27’ | ENBU Seminar Japan |
Atsuko HIRAYANAGI |
OH LUCY! |
21’ | NYU Tisch School of the Arts Asia Singapore |
Inbar HORESH | THE VISIT | 27’ | Minshar for Art, School and Center Israel |
Stefan IVANČIĆ | LETO BEZ MESECA (Moonless Summer) |
31′ | Faculty of Dramatic Arts Serbia |
Daisy JACOBS | THE BIGGER PICTURE | 7′ | National Film and Television School United Kingdom |
György Mór KÁRPÁTI | PROVINCIA | 21′ | University of Theatre and Film Arts Hungary |
KWON Hyun-ju | SOOM (Breath) |
33′ | Chung-Ang University South Korea |
Léa MYSIUS | LES OISEAUX-TONNERRE (Thunderbirds) |
22′ | La Fémis France |
Fulvio RISULEO | LIEVITO MADRE (Sourdough) |
17′ | Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia Italy |
Annie SILVERSTEIN | SKUNK | 16′ | The University of Texas at Austin USA |